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Researcher · Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung · Germany

Alois Fürstner

Alois Fürstner publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions.

ORCID 0000-0003-0098-3417 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,645
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#818
of 86,443
Works
118
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
14.6

What does Alois Fürstner research?

Organic Chemistry: 62.1%Molecular Biology: 9.3%Pharmacology: 5.7%Environmental Chemistry: 3.6%other fields: 19.3%62%top field
Organic Chemistry62.1%Molecular Biology9.3%Pharmacology5.7%Environmental Chemistry3.6%other fields19.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Organic Chemistry62% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology9% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology6% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Inorganic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Biotechnology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alois Fürstner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Olefin Metathesis, Ruthenium Catalysts, Transition Metal Catalysis, C-C Bond Formation, Drug Discovery, Heterocycles and Metal-Catalyzed Reactions.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Synthesis373 topics
  2. Olefin Metathesis241 topic
  3. Ruthenium Catalysts241 topic
  4. Transition Metal Catalysis223 topics
  5. C-C Bond Formation162 topics
  6. Drug Discovery162 topics
  7. Heterocycles142 topics
  8. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions112 topics
  9. Foldamers101 topic
  10. Peptide Synthesis101 topic
  11. Cross-Coupling Reactions81 topic
  12. Gold-Catalyzed Reactions81 topic
  13. Homogeneous Catalysis81 topic
  14. Palladium-Catalyzed81 topic
  15. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation61 topic
  16. C–H Activation61 topic
  17. Natural Products61 topic
  18. Secondary Metabolites61 topic
  19. Carbene Chemistry51 topic
  20. Cyclopropanation51 topic
  21. Glycosidase Inhibitors51 topic
  22. Oligosaccharide Synthesis51 topic

Where does Alois Fürstner work?

Alois Fürstner's main affiliation in the publication record is Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Alois Fürstner have?

Science Explorer counts 118 works and 1,722 citations for Alois Fürstner, ranking #7,645 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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